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Prepare your Volunteers to Make a Difference

Provide your volunteers with the training that they need to help make a difference in your ABE program. Read More

NEW Adult ESL Resources from LINCS – Free!

Attention teachers of ESL, and anyone with non-native speakers of English in your programs! LINCS has recently released a series of resources to advance instructional quality and to better serve English learners in adult basic education. Read More

Teaching Adults to Read

These free online courses from LINCS - Teaching Adults to Read: Alphabetics, Fluency, and Vocabulary - are well worth your time! Read More

Global Math Department

Imagine a community of smart, skilled instructors who teach math at all levels and openly share their materials and ideas. Sound like a dream? Well, fortunately for you, it's a reality! Read More

ACES Video Companion Guides

ACES Video Companion Guides

The TIF-Lens videos on the ATLAS website now have video companion guides. Use them at your next staff meeting to keep the conversation going about ACES and the TIF (Transitions Integration Framework). Read More

New Evidence for Fluency Instruction

Learn about findings and conclusions from two studies on the relationships between fluency and comprehension in adult readers. This is important to ABE reading teachers because most fluency research has been based exclusively on children. Read More

Online DL Basics Course and Training Requirements

The Distance Learning for ABE course was carefully planned and produced for Minnesota ABE teachers, managers, and support staff providing Distance Learning (DL). The course provides foundational information about DL delivery and is a requirement for all ABE staff who have not completed DL 101. Read More